Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 15

Role of Pollinators in Qualitative Fruit Crop Production: A Review

  • Author:
  • V. V. Pashte, S. R. Kulkarni
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 3743 to 3749

Department of Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist-Ahmednagar, State-Maharashtra, India

*Email: pashte.vrushali@gmail.com

Online published on 3 December, 2016.

Abstract

Pollinators plays efficient role in pollination of wild plants and several crop species. Many fruit crops require an insect pollinator to help assure pollination (i.e. apples, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries). Having enough pollinators increases quantitative and qualitative characters of variety of fruit crops. The present paper provides information on the role of native as well as managed pollinators in the fruit crop production. Based on the variety and conditions at the site, honeybee pollination may increase qualitative and quantitative characters of different fruit crops.. It is necessary to understand the importance of pollinator's species richness in their natural habitat and role in crop improvement.

Keywords

Pollinators, fruits, honey bees, pollination